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Concentrates on the boyhood of the Philadelphian who opened a clothing business in his home town that grew into one of the largest department stores in the country.

9) Peter Stuyvesant: boy with wooden shoes

Author

Widdemer, Mabel Cleland

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1962

Physical Desc

200 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

10) Raphael Semmes, Tidewater boy

Author

Snow, Dorothea J

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1962

Physical Desc

200 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

11) Richard Byrd: boy of the South Pole

Author

Van Riper, Guernsey

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1962

Physical Desc

200 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

12) Robert Fulton: boy craftsman

Author

Henry, Marguerite

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1962

Physical Desc

200 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

13) John Quincy Adams: boy patriot

Author

Weil, Ann

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1963

Physical Desc

200 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

14) Pontiac: young Ottawa leader

Author

Peckham, Howard H

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1963

Physical Desc

200 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Concentrates on the famous Indian's childhood along the Detroit River and takes note of his activities against the English in the French and Indian War.

15) Washington Irving, boy of old New York

Author

Widdemer, Mabel Cleland

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1963

Physical Desc

200 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

16) William Bradford: Pilgrim boy

Author

Smith, Bradford

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1963

Physical Desc

200 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

17) Gail Borden, resourceful boy

Author

Paradis, Adrian A

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1964

Physical Desc

200 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Language

English

18) Lee de Forest, electronics boy

Author

Dobler, Lavinia

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1965

Physical Desc

200 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Recounts the early life of Lee de Forest, who invented the vacuum tube.

19) James J. Hill: young empire builder

Author

Comfort, Mildred Houghton

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1968

Physical Desc

200 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

20) Frederic Remington, young artist

Author

Moore, Clyde B

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Pub. Date

1971

Physical Desc

200 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A biography stressing the childhood of the man who combined interests in horses, drawing, and the West to become a famous artist of western scenes.

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1) James Fenimore Cooper, Leatherstocking boy

2) Jim Bowie: boy with a hunting knife

3) Stephen Foster, boy minstrel

4) Babe Ruth: baseball boy

5) Israel Putnam: fearless boy

6) Katharine Lee Bates: girl poet

7) Annie Oakley, Little Sure Shot

8) John Wanamaker: boy merchant

9) Peter Stuyvesant: boy with wooden shoes

10) Raphael Semmes, Tidewater boy

11) Richard Byrd: boy of the South Pole

12) Robert Fulton: boy craftsman

13) John Quincy Adams: boy patriot

14) Pontiac: young Ottawa leader

15) Washington Irving, boy of old New York

16) William Bradford: Pilgrim boy

17) Gail Borden, resourceful boy

18) Lee de Forest, electronics boy

19) James J. Hill: young empire builder

20) Frederic Remington, young artist

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